KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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Tulsa, OK
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 ·AT&T Southwest
| reply to wifi4milez
Re: Shocking...
It's struggling with several issues, but one of the biggest is the fact the subscriber rate is much lower then expected. It's not like people don't want broadband, what's happening is that the incumbents are offering heavy promo deals and pricing (free install, free equipment, low rates, no contracts, etc) prices that they don't offer in other markets.
They are doing their best to try and kill it. Of course, if it does die, those promo prices will vanish....
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jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Comcast and the other incumbents really should allow their market share to be eroded and lose lots of money in that market, right?  |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | No. They should sign on the network. It's wholesale... but see that would be FAIR. They don't want FAIR, or competition. They want it ALL. A network that allows competition would mean they have to compete. They don't want that. |
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jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | All your Layer 1 and 2 are belong to us.
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Yauch
join:2005-06-24
| reply to KrK
I don't have fiber or a muni network in my community and I can still get free installs and free equipment from Comcast and low rates and no contracts from at&t. Are they giving me these heavy promos just to kill a network 2000 miles away? Or is it just possible that the free market has worked out to my advantage in some small way? |
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marigolds
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join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO
| said by Yauch  :I don't have fiber or a muni network in my community and I can still get free installs and free equipment from Comcast and low rates and no contracts from at&t. Are they giving me these heavy promos just to kill a network 2000 miles away? Or is it just possible that the free market has worked out to my advantage in some small way? You're getting a wireless router with 6 wireless cards, home wireless network setup, and 10/1 for $15 a month unbundled too?
I want to know what you said to get that deal.
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
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·Cox HSI
| reply to KrK
I think the taxpayers have to decide if they are getting their money's worth. If the incumbents are lowering their prices for everyone, how much money is everyone saving? 50,000 people x $20 per month is $12 million dollars a year. Increase the number of people and savings is even bigger. |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK
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·AT&T Southwest
| reply to jester121
said by jester121 :All your Layer 1 and 2 are belong to us. All your Money Are Belong to Us.
--- Big Telco & CableCo |
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